©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. The Art of Being Human, 7/e Chapter 8 – THE MUSICAL STAGE PowerPoint by Julie Rodakowski

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. OPERA Monteverdi — Monteverdi — the father of opera Mozart — Mozart — fully developed opera Christoph Gluck — Christoph Gluck — Classical opera Guiseppe Verdi — Guiseppe Verdi — Romantic opera Wagner — Wagner — added the concept of nationalism to opera, making German as important as Italian in opera Scott Joplin — Scott Joplin — Treemonisha, an American folk opera

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. FAMOUS OPERETTAS Spoken dialogue moves the play forward, but it is continually interrupted by melodious arias that become more important than the drama itself. Showboat Porgy and Bess Nixon in China

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. PEKING OPERA Uses the Chinese five-note scale Uses plots based on ancient fairy tales Uses exaggerated character movements accompanied by wind instruments, strings, and percussion Uses masks to suggest the emotions of the characters

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. MUSICAL COMEDY Of Thee I SingOf Thee I Sing (George & Ira Gershwin) MUSICAL PLAY Pal JoeyPal Joey (Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers) OklahomaOklahoma (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein) West Side StoryWest Side Story (Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins) Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Stephen Sondheim)

©2003 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. DANCE Ballet Modern Dance